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Large demonstrations in Vienna against Turkish PM's visit

As many as 10,000 people demonstrated in Vienna on Thursday against a visit by Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan is touring European countries with large Turkish populations ahead of August's presidential elections. He is strongly criticised for autocratic tendencies in his home country.

Britain wants to negotiate with Brussels the end date of the Brexit transition period - without saying what their preferred end date would be. The UK's position paper disagrees with the EU on other key points too.